Afobaka Dam
The Afobaka Dam is an embankment dam with a main gravity dam section on the Suriname River near Afobaka in Brokopondo District of Suriname. The primary purpose of the dam is to generate hydroelectric power and it supports a 180 MW power station.
- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of 43 metres (141 feet)
- Description: dam in Suriname
- Also known as“Afobaka-stuwdam”“Brokopondo Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Afobaka Airstrip.
Afobaka Airstrip
Aerodrome
Afobaka Airstrip is an airstrip near Afobaka, a village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brokopondo.
Brokopondo
Town
Brokopondo is the capital town of the Brokopondo District, Suriname. Brokopondo is situated 9 km north of Afobaka Dam.
Afobaka Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location
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Latitude
4.97715° or 4° 58′ 38″ north
Longitude
-54.99607° or 54° 59′ 46″ west
Open location code
68P7X2G3+VH
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Afobaka Dam” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Афабака”
- Cebuano: “Afobaka Dam”
- Dutch: “Afobakadam”
- French: “barrage d’Afobaka”
- French: “Barrage d’Afobaka”
- Italian: “diga di Afobaka”
- Japanese: “アフォバッカダム”
- Japanese: “アホバッカダム”
- Persian: “سد افوبکا”
- Santali: “ᱟᱯᱷᱳᱵᱟᱠᱟ ᱰᱮᱢ”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Афобака”
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